Registered Nurse - Day Surgery and Treatment Unit

Metro South Health; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-friendly environment

Learning and research opportunities

Public health system benefits

Career development support

Job summary

Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to join the Day Surgery and Treatment Unit. You will deliver safe, compassionate and person-centred care, performing comprehensive patient assessments, planning and evaluating care, and administering IV and subcutaneous therapies in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes evidence-based practice, clinical judgement, and collaboration with the team to recognise deterioration and escalate concerns as needed.

Qualifications

• Current nursing knowledge and skills, with experience in infusion nursing or a relevant clinical specialty.
• An understanding of safe IV and subcutaneous medication administration, infusion monitoring and management of vascular access, with current peripheral intravenous cannulation (PIVC) competency.
• The ability to assess patient needs, prioritise care, recognise clinical deterioration and escalation concerns appropriately.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality nursing care through comprehensive patient assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Safely administer intravenous and subcutaneous therapies, monitor patients and recognise and upscale infusion-related reactions.
• Assess, insert and manage peripheral intravenous cannulas in accordance with clinical guidelines and competencies.

Skills

Infusion nursing

PIVC competency

Patient assessment

Care planning

Clinical judgement

Evidence-based care

Job description

Join Our Day Surgery & Treatment Team

Deliver expert nursing care in a collaborative, fast-paced environment where every patient counts.

About This Role

Your new role:

Role

Join the Day Surgery and Treatment Unit at Princess Alexandra Hospital, where you'll play an important role in delivering safe, compassionate and person-centred care. In this role, you will:

• Deliver high-quality nursing care through comprehensive patient assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Safely administer intravenous and subcutaneous therapies, monitor patients and recognise and upscale infusion-related reactions.
• Assess, insert and manage peripheral intravenous cannulas in accordance with clinical guidelines and competencies.

Join Our Day Surgery & Treatment Team

Deliver expert nursing care in a collaborative, fast-paced environment where every patient counts.

About This Role

Your new role:

Role

Join the Day Surgery and Treatment Unit at Princess Alexandra Hospital, where you'll play an important role in delivering safe, compassionate and person-centred care. In this role, you will:

• Deliver high-quality nursing care through comprehensive patient assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Safely administer intravenous and subcutaneous therapies, monitor patients and recognise and upscale infusion-related reactions.
• Assess, insert and manage peripheral intravenous cannulas in accordance with clinical guidelines and competencies.

About You

You are a compassionate and motivated Registered Nurse who takes pride in delivering evidence-based, person-centred care. You bring sound clinical judgement, a commitment to professional development and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. You will bring:

• Current nursing knowledge and skills, with experience in infusion nursing or a relevant clinical specialty.
• An understanding of safe IV and subcutaneous medication administration, infusion monitoring and management of vascular access, with current peripheral intravenous cannulation (PIVC) competency.
• The ability to assess patient needs, prioritise care, recognise clinical deterioration and escalation concerns appropriately.

What We Can Offer You

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About Us

We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.

We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.

We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.